Is PS Vita's Soul Sacrifice the Next Demon's Souls?

The site states that the game will be unveiled on May 10th at 15:00 at the Tokyo International Forum, where a presentation will be given by the developers. To attend people need to submit their PSN ID and then participants will be chosen at random, with priority going to PS Plus members.

Original story follows:

Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed a new game for PlayStation Vita called Soul Sacrifice, as reported by Andriasang. As noted in the article, "unlike most Famitsu reveals, this one came not through a preview, but through a multi-page ad."

Andriasang notes that the game's official announcement will happen on May 10th in Tokyo. "The announcement event is being held by Sony Computer Entertainment," the article says, "causing some speculation that the new game may be a first party title."

The word "Soul" being in the name begs an obvious question: could Soul Sacrifice somehow be related to the PS3-exclusive Demon's Souls? Developed by From Software, Demon's Souls was published by Sony in Japan and Atlus and Namco-Bandai elsewhere in the world. Sony owns the Demon's Souls name.

While Sony's failure to realize the potential of Demon's Souls outside of Japan is perhaps one of its biggest software-related blunders of the generation (thus helping cede Dark Souls to a multi-platform release), could Soul Sacrifice be an attempt to bring fans of the series back into the fold on Vita?

From Software is an independent Japanese developer that typically -- but not always -- publishes its games on PlayStation platforms. Other than Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, From Software is best-known for its Armored Core franchise.

We'll have more information about Soul Sacrifice as soon as it becomes available.

Colin Moriarty is Editor of IGN PlayStation. You can follow him on Twitter and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.